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J. B. COLES.

BAG HOLDER.

No. 389,738. Patented Sept. 18, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. COLES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 389,738, dated September 18, 1888.

Application filed January 13, 1887. Serial No. 224,304.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN E. (Jones, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 1l-.ig-1Iolders,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to a device for holding paper bags or sheets of paper in a manner capable for ready detachment for use; and it consists of two frames, one arranged to slide upon the other, and provided with a segmental lug for securing the same in position and confining the rod on which the bags or sheets are suspended, with other minor details of construction, more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, which fully illustrate the novel features of my invention, Figure 1 is a face view of a holder embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the front portion or frame moved upward to allow of the removal of the rod which holds the paper; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same, taken through the line .1; f6 of Fig. 1.

Let a and a represent two frames of the same general shape, the face or front frame, a, being made to slide up and down on the rear frame, c. The rear frame, a, has formed on each side portion a lip or flange, I), projecting inwardly, so as to form a groove extending nearly to the end, as seen at (1. At the lower end the flange is cut away and a bottom piece, d, is provided, so that an open recess, :2, is

5 formed, into which the ends of a rod, f, from which the bags are suspended, are inserted.

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The sliding front frame, a, is provided on the outer edge of the side pieces with a rib or projection, h, which fits into the groove 0 in the other frame, a, and the extremity or lower end of the same is reduced and bent outward in the form of a fiat segmental flange, 1, adapted to embrace the side portion of the frame a, and when in position, or when the two frames are secured together, as seen in Fig. 1, closes up the recess a to hold the rod f in place after its insertion. In the top cross bar of each frame is formed a hole, a, to re ceive a hook, i, or other device for suspending the holder from a nail or molding.

\Vhen it becomes necessary to remove the rodf in order to refill it with bags, the hook i is withdrawn and the front frame, a, slid upward far enough to uncover the recesses e and permit of the rod being removed.

I. am aware that a paper-holder consisting of a slotted and grooved outer piece with an inner piece having flanges to fit into such slots, the two parts being separable, is not new, and such I do not claim as my invention; but

\Vhat I do claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

In a. bag-holder, the combi nation of the back frame, (1, having the inwardly-proiecting lip b and recesses c, with the frame (1, provided with ribs 71, and having segmental lugs g on the lower ends, which embrace the sidebars of the back frame, a, and rodf, as set forth.

JOHN E. COLEb'.

\Vitnesses:

STELLA J. J ems, K. NEWELL. 

